Dow and WE Launch Partnership to Inspire Innovation from a New
Generation of Student Leaders to Solve Global Challenges

Thousands of young innovators and educators challenged to use
chemistry and science to solve global challenges through We Are
Innovators campaign

October 13, 2017 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

MIDLAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today,DowDuPont Materials Science, the business division of
DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) to be named Dow, and WE,
launched We Are Innovators, a new campaign designed to challenge
educators and students to apply chemistry and science to solve global
challenges. Approximately 400 high school students from H.H. Dow High
School and Midland High School in Midland, Michigan, joined Andrew
Liveris, executive chairman of DowDuPont, and chairman and CEO of
Dow, and Craig
Kielburger, co-founder of WE, at an event to kick-off the
collaboration.

We Are Innovators will give educators and students in the United
States and across the world the tools and hands-on experiences that
enable them to explore global challenges and design potential
sustainable solutions using science and chemistry. The future of
innovation and the development of sustainable new ideas and technologies
are not only essential for Dow in meeting customer needs, but in the
growth of manufacturing and the global economy.

Elements of the campaign will include:

Five education modules focused on food, water, energy, housing, and
recycling to be launched in January 2018, with a dynamic challenge
inspiring youth to share their innovative ideas and take action on
global issues, supported with content and mentorship.

Support for global service learning trips to locations such as the
Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador to assist efforts to enhance access to
clean drinking water. These experiences are designed to be impactful
while providing students with the unique opportunity to volunteer and
gain lifelong leadership development skills.

An opportunity for students to win innovation grants for their
schools, to help encourage engagement in new markets for WE and
strategic locations for Dow, students and groups in communities in
Michigan, Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania and other locations with the
most innovative ideas from the We Are Innovators campaign will
receive innovation grants to use toward science programming in their
schools.

“The people of Dow, for more than 120 years have harnessed science and
chemistry to solve global challenges and enhance the lives of everyone,
everywhere,” said Liveris. “Our partnership with WE invites students –
the scientists, chemists and manufacturers of tomorrow – to explore how
science and chemistry unlock solutions to the world’s increasingly
complex challenges.”

The reach of the We Are Innovators campaign will be built upon
both Dow’s innovation engine and expertise combined with WE’s unique
family of organizations that make doing good doable around the world by
providing young people and families with the tools and resources to
create change through everyday actions. Specifically, WE Charity
empowers domestic and international change with resources that create
sustainable impact. Through a movement of more than 3.4 million people
supporting more than 2,500 local and global causes, WE has raised $79
million, volunteered 27.6 million hours and collected over 9.8 million
pounds of food. Since 1995, WE has provided more than 1 million people
with clean water and built 1,000 schools and schoolrooms overseas,
giving more than 200,000 children access to education.

“As a leading science and technology company focused on solutions that
are essential to human progress, we are truly honored to partner with
Dow in harnessing the power of chemistry to inspire students to innovate
for a more sustainable future,” said Craig Kielburger. “Through WE
Are Innovators, young people will have the knowledge and tools to
spark innovative ideas that bring positive change in the world and drive
economic growth.”

We Are Innovators is designed to empower change with resources
that create sustainable impact and solutions. Aligned to Dow’s
2025 Sustainability Goals, the modules will highlight important
concepts such as the role of sustainable chemistry and advancing a
circular economy. The campaign will engage educators, inspire students
and leverage Dow STEM Ambassadors, employee volunteers, through
community and world-changing service learning and actionable solutions,
in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and a global
economy.

About WE

WE is a family of organizations making doing good, doable. WE is made up
of WE Charity, empowering domestic and international change, ME to WE, a
social enterprise that creates socially conscious products and
experiences to help support the charity, and WE Day, filling stadiums
around the world with the greatest celebration of social good. WE
enables youth and families to better the world – supporting 2,500+ local
and global causes by volunteering millions of hours of service, shopping
daily with an impact, and raising millions of dollars that directly
benefit their local communities and the world. Globally, our teams in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America have provided more than 1 million people
with clean water, built 1,000 schools and schoolrooms overseas, and
empowered more than 200,000 children with access to education. WE was
founded more than 20 years ago by social entrepreneurs, brothers Craig
and Marc Kielburger. Join the movement today at WE.org.

About DowDuPont Materials Science Division

DowDuPont Materials Science, a business division of DowDuPont (NYSE:
DWDP), combines science and technology knowledge to develop premier
materials science solutions that are essential to human progress. The
division has one of the strongest and broadest toolkits in the industry,
with robust technology, asset integration, scale and competitive
capabilities that enable it to address complex global issues. DowDuPont
Materials Science’s market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of
advanced materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics businesses
deliver a broad range of differentiated technology-based products and
solutions for customers in high-growth markets such as packaging,
infrastructure, and consumer care. DowDuPont intends to separate the
Materials Science division into an independent, publicly traded company.
More information can be found at www.dow-dupont.com.

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